This Week in the Mercury
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Video Clearing Out My Bookmarks with The Ramones
Posted by Andrew Stout on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:05 PM
You wanted the best music journalism of the last several weeks. Instead, you got raccoons. Well, I'm here to take care of both problems for you. After the jump, peruse a selection of bookmarks presently cluttering my End Hits folder. Each link is matched with its very own Ramones embed. Pests begone!
At Slate.com, Jesse Sheidlower traces the poetics of Britney Spears' recent lyrical gimmick—the one that saves "If You Seek Amy" from being an exercise in dadaist poetry—back to Shakespeare.
Ever wondered about the death count in The Decemberists' discography? At Paste.com, Rachel Maddux has everything you need to know about who, what, and how many have fallen in Colin Meloy's lyrics.
Little Boots and Interview magazine. How perfect!
Entertainment Weekly has the scoop on the upcoming St. Vincent album, Actor.
At The Guardian, SImon Reynolds waxes expansive on Island Records' 50th Anniversary.
And, my favorite of all. At Idolator.com, Michaela Drapes fishes in murky waters and finds... EMI's promo plan for Katy Perry's rise to the top in 2008. Just how did EMI do it? Let's just say they know credibility when they buy it.
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